Bill Text: MA S328 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Increase the personal care allowance for long term care residents
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-09-29 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing [S328 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S328-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Susan C. Tucker
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act increasing the personal care allowance for long term care residents
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Susan C. Tucker |
Second Essex and Middlesex |
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Brian A. Joyce |
Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth |
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Patricia D. Jehlen |
Second Middlesex |
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Michael R. Knapik |
Second Hampden and Hampshire |
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Allen J. McCarthy |
7th Plymouth |
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Denise Provost |
27th Middlesex |
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Thomas M. McGee |
Third Essex and Middlesex |
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Kenneth J. Donnelly |
Fourth Middlesex |
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Martha M. Walz |
8th Suffolk |
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Susan C. Fargo |
Third Middlesex |
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Barbara A. L'Italien |
18th Essex |
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Gale D. Candaras |
First Hampden and Hampshire |
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Mark C. Montigny |
Second Bristol and Plymouth |
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Linda Dean Campbell |
15th Essex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act increasing the personal care allowance for long term care
residents.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 117A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:- Any person eligible for assistance under this chapter who is not maintaining his home and is receiving care in or residing in a licensed nursing facility, licensed chronic hospital, licensed rest home, or an approved public medical institution as defined in section 8 of chapter 118E, shall retain the first $72.80 of his monthly income for clothing, personal needs, and leisure time activities. If there is no such income or if it is less than the amount of $72.80, such a person shall be paid monthly in advance the difference between such income and said amount. Said amount shall be increased annually each fiscal year at the same time and at the same percentage rate as increases payable to an individual who maintains his own home and receives state supplementary payments pursuant to sections 1 and 2 of chapter 118A.
SECTION 2. Chapter 118A of General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 7A the following new section:- Section 7B. Any person eligible for financial assistance under this chapter who is not maintaining his home and is in a licensed medical facility which is eligible for medical assistance payments pursuant to chapter 118E or is residing in a licensed rest home to which such person pays a fixed rate, shall retain the first $72.80 of his monthly income for clothing, personal needs, and leisure time activities. If there is no such income or if it is less than the amount of $72.80, such a person shall be paid monthly in advance the difference between such income and said amount. Said amount shall be increased annually each fiscal year at the same time and at the same percentage rate as increases payable to an individual who maintains his own home and receives state supplementary payments pursuant to sections 1 and 2 of this chapter.
SECTION 3. Section 15 of chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition is hereby amended by striking the fourth paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:- A person eligible for medical assistance under this chapter who is not maintaining his own home and is receiving care in a licensed nursing facility, a licensed chronic hospital, a licensed rest home, an approved public medical institution, or a public psychiatric institution shall retain the first $72.80 of his monthly income for clothing, personal needs, and leisure time activities. If there is no such income or if it is less than the amount of $72.80, such a person shall be paid monthly in advance the difference between such income and said amount. Said amount shall be increased annually each fiscal year at the same time and at the same percentage rate as increases payable to an individual who is maintaining his own home and who is receiving supplemental payments pursuant to sections 1 and 2 of chapter 118A.
